Iran’s President Congratulates Vietnam on National Day
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday felicitated his Vietnamese counterpart on the Southeast Asian country’s National Day and the 70th anniversary of its independence.
In a message addressed to President Truong Tan Sang, Rouhani also congratulated the Vietnamese nation and government on the occasion.
He further expressed the hope that the common stances held by Islamic Republic of Iran and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on regional and international issues would serve as a basis for further improvement of bilateral ties.
Vietnam’s National Day is a national holiday observed on September 2. It commemorates the Vietnam Declaration of Independence from France on September 2, 1945.
Japan occupied Vietnam during World War II but allowed the French to remain and exert some influence. At the war’s end in August 1945, a power vacuum was created in Vietnam.
Capitalizing on this, the Viet Minh launched the “August Revolution” across the country to seize government offices.
Emperor Bao Dai abdicated on August 25, 1945, ending the Nguyen Dynasty. On September 2, 1945, at Ba Dinh Square, Ho Chi Minh, leader of the communist Viet Minh organization, declared Vietnam’s independence under the new name of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN) in a highly patriotic speech.
